Wraparound garment cover



1NvENToR` May 13, 1958 D. HoLLlDAY WRAPAROUND GARMENT COVER L Filed Aug.1o, 1954 00N HOLLIDA-Y United States PatentfO 2,834,524 WRAPAROUNDGARMENT COVER Don Holliday, Harrison, Ark. Application August 1o,1954,"sen No. 448,802 s claims. (c1. zza-9s) This invention relates togarment covers.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a cover for garmentsparticularly useful when the garments are delivered by dry cleaningestablishments, department stores and manufacturers.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a garment coverfor garments suspended on hangers which may be easily and readilyremoved from the garments without a special rack or other equipment andas easily placed thereon.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a gramentcover of the above type which may be returned to the store for unlimitedrepeat use, thereby eliminating the conventional paper bag cover whichcannot be used more than once.

It is stillv another object of the present invention to provide agarment cover of the above type which will not absorb moisture from theair while protecting the garment from rain, dust or the like and which,considering the prolonged life of the cover, is cheaper to employ thanconventional paper bags.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a garment coverbearing the above objects in mind which is of simple construction,inexpensive to manufacture, has a minimum number of parts, is easy touse and efficient in operation.

For other objects and a better understanding of the invention, referencemay be had to the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the garment cover embodying thefeatures of the present invention and shown in operative use on ahanger;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l of a modified form of the presentinvention; and 4 Fig. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional view takenalong the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Referring now more in detail to the figures, indicates generally a wirehanger for garments including the usual hook 11, the neck portion 12,upper shoulder portions 13 and the sloping lower shoulder portions 14connected at their lower ends by the transverse trouser or skirtsupporting portion 15.

A exible waterproof cover indicated generally at 16 is provided andincludes a rear wall 17 having the upper edge thereof following thecontour of the upper and lower shoulder lportions 13, 14 of hanger 10,substantially as illustrated. The rear wall 17 along one sloping edge 18is secured to a front wall 19 by means of the stitching 20, the frontwall 19 being integral with the rear wall 17, along the vertical foldline 20.

The opposite sloping upper edge of the front wall 19 above the othershoulder portion 14 is secured to an intermediate wall 21 byv means ofstitching 22 (Fig. 3), the other vertical edgeof the front wall 19 beingintegral with the intermediate Wall 21 along a vertical fold line 22'.The intermediate Wall 21 is disposed intermediate 72,834,524 PatentedMay 13, 1958 2 the lfront wall 1 9 and rear wall 17 and terminates at23' (Fig. 1) thus extending across only one half the width of the cover.v

It will be noted 4that the righthand half of the cover is supported onthe shoulder portion 14 of hanger 10 bymeans of the stitching 20, whilethe lefthand portion 14 of the hanger is disposed below the stitching 22to support the `other half yof the cover. The stitching 22, of course,terminatesshortof the stitching 20 providing a space between the frontand rear horizontal upper edges of the cover through which passes theneck 12 and hook 11. It will also be noted that the lefthand portion ofthe rear wall 17 overlaps the intermediate wall 21.

'Ihe ap 23 is secured to the sloping portion of rear wall 17 by means ofstitching 24, the stitching 22, hanger 10 and the front and intermediatewalls 19 and Z1 being received between the flap 23 and the rear wall 17(Fig. 3).

Thus, a garment, not shown, supported on the hanger 10 will be entirelyprotected from moisture, dirt or the like with the flap 23 holding thecover about the garment in the manner shown. It will also be noted thatno special rack or equipmentis necessaryy for putting the cover 10 onthe garment and hanger and that the cover may easily be removed withonly one hand. The cover is, of course, entirely open at the bottom. Thecovers may be made in two sizes, one for suits or the like and the otherfor dresses and long coats.

To remove the cover, the flap 23 is removed rearwardly while lifting itoff the shoulder portion 14 and is then folded back. The cover is thenlifted completely free of the hanger. It can, of course, be returned byreversing the above operations.

Referring now particularly to Fig. 2 there is shown a modified form ofthe present invention wherein the front and rear walls of the cover,19a, 17a, are elongated at their left sides, substantially asillustrated. The left hand edge of the front wall 19a slopes downwardlyand outwardly and is integral therealong with the intermediate Hap 21dalong the tapered fold line 22a. The ntermediate ap 21a again terminatesalong the vertical edge 23b, while the righthand shoulder portion of thefront wall 19a is secured to the rear wall 17a by the stitching 20a. Inthis form, a parallelogram-shaped ap 23a is secured to the rear wall 17aby means of the stitching 24a. In other respects the form of theinvention shown in Fig. l and Fig. 3 is the same as that shown in Fig.2, and like reference numerals identify like part s throughout theseveral views. v

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of theUnited States is:

1. A garment cover for a garment hanger and garment thereon, said covercomprising front and rear walls, each wall having a pair ofshoulder'portions, a horizontal upper edge and a pair of vertical edgesand adapted to lit downwardly over the garment and hanger, said frontand rear walls being secured together along one shoulder portion, saidfront and rear walls being open across the horizontal upper edgesthereof whereby to receive the hanger hook upwardly therethrough, saidfront and rear walls being integral along the vertical edges adjacentsaid shoulder portions which are secured together, the other verticaledges of said front and rear walls being separable, an intermediate wallintegralwith said other vertical edge of said front wall and disposedintermediate said front and rear walls and having a sloping shoulderlportion, said intermediate and front walls being secured together alongthe adjacent shoulder portions, and means for engaging the othershoulder portion of said rear wall with said frontwall whereby'to retainthe cover about the garment and halger.

2. A garment cover according to claim 1, said intermediate wall having afree verticalA 'edgelterminating substantially midway between thevvertical edges of said front wal1below the hook portion of the hanger.

3. A garment cover according to claim 2,' said means for engaging saidother shoulder portion of said rear wall with said front wall comprisinga ap, said ap being secured to the shoulder portion of said rear wall.

4. A garment -cover according to claim 3, the side '4l-.2,884,524 l Y .F

. 4 of said cover having said flap being elongated, the vertical edgeconnecting said intermediate wall with said front wall being inclineddownwardly and outwardly, said flap being substantiallyparallelogram-shaped.

5. A garment cover according to claim 3, said front and rear walls,intermediate wall and ap being formed of exible waterproof material.

UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,361,799 Stone Oct. 31,v 1944

